Ice fishing tipup



Jami. 3H, 1-}; J. W. GROHs 9496mm ICE FISHING TIPUP Filed May 10 19 INVENTOR. JOHN W. 0/90/15 Patented Jan. 31, 1950 UNITED STATES OFFICE ICE" FISHING- TIPUP- .lohnW. Grohs, Torrington, Conn. Application May 10, 1947; Seria'INo. 747,273' 2 Claims. (Cl.43-17-) This invention relatesto fishing apparatus, and more particularly to a tip-up'which will produce visible and audible signals to indicate a strike by a fish.

One object of this invention is to' provide a deviceofthe above nature having a; pivoted signal rod, which is. readily. adjustable longitudinally, whereby therod will be sensitive to any desired degree of pull upon a fish line.

Another object is to provide a device of the above nature having a pivoted signal rod which is instantly adjustable, and which may be securely held in any adjusted position.

Another object is to provide a device of the above nature having a line clip which will also servesas aniaudible alarm signal.

A further object is to providea device of. the abovenature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture easy'to. install and manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearanceand very efficient and durable inausez With these and other objects inview, .therehas been illustrated on the accompanying drawing one form in which the invention may. convenientlybe embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1. represents an elevational view ofthe tip-up, showing its mode of installation upon an ice-covered body of wateri Fig. 2 is a View showing one of the reeling pins.

Fig. 3 is" a perspective view on an; enlarged scale, showing details of the adjustable pivoted rod holder.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the beam on the line i l of Fig. 1, showing details of the leg mounting.

Fig. 5 is a view of the leg mounting taken at right angles to Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral It) indicates a rectangular wooden beam having an angular spike Illa riveted to its lower end and adapted to be driven into the ice I. The beam I is supported in an inclined position on the ice I by means of a pair of wire legs H, l2, integrally connected by an upper stop portion [2a adapted to bear against the beam H1, and said legs are swingably mounted in the side arms of a U-shaped aperture bracket 13 secured to said beam as by rivets. Upon one side of the beam l0 and arranged centrally thereof are a pair of oppositely disposed angular reeling pins J4, i adapted to have a length of fishline wound thereon. A line clip [6 also is secured upon the same. sideof: the=lower portionof the beam; l0, said clip lfihaving'a vibratory free end. which is offset. from: the beam Land: which may be used for. holding portions. of the fishline which are not'in use.

The tip-up: signalc ably of red cloth, secured onthe end of.v a rod l8 and retained thereon by bending: the. extremity I 8athereof at. right angles; The signal rod I 8 isformed at itsothel end wit ahook Hlhwhich serves as a stop for aslidableweight lll mounted on said rod;

The-signal rod l8i-is centrally supported by an adjustable rodmounting I an located in an upper forked end IQb of the beam r In;

This rod mounting I: comprisesa U-shaped spring clip 20 which embraces a circulareccentrio disk 2|: which -servesas a tilting rod holder. AZ pivot" pin 22: passes eccentrically laterally through the disk 21 andiisi mounted in the forked end woof-the beam Iii";

In order to hold the signal rod [8 in any desired longitudinal? position with respect to the eccentric disk 21,- the latter is provided with a rod-receiving bore 22b: formed i as a chord of the annular disk 2!, and apertures 22c areprovided inth'e legs of theu shapedspring 20; The latter apertures-22c are ofra diametersomewhat greater than the:diameter oftherod leg-and are located in: such a position u.-shapedf clip 20 are flexed towards each other,

of the rod l8. However, when the legs of the U-shaped spring clip 20 are allowed to normally flex outwardly, they will securely grip the rod l8 and prevent any longitudinal movement thereof.

The fishline 23 is reeled upon the p ns l4, IS in a manner to leave the desired length of the line available for fishing. The line 23 will then be passed over the hook I8b on the end of the signal rod [8. A fish hook 2 on the end of the line 23 will then be dropped through a hole: 25 of suitable diameter chopped through the ice I at a location below the hook I 8b.

Operation to slide into contact with the U-shaped spring.

that when. theends of the -justed to such a ,shown for the purpose that clip 20. The fish line 23 will now be unreeled from the pins l4, IE to provide a length of line satisfactory to the fisherman, and the hook 2 having been baited, the line 23 will be passed over the hook I81) of the signal rod 18, in order to support the hook 2 in the water.

The fisherman will now adjust the signal rod 18 longitudinally toprovide the desired degree of sensitivity. This adjustment may be made by forcibly pushing the rod I8 through the bore 221) of the disk 21 and the apertures 220 of the legs of the clip 20, this adjustment being facilitated by pinching said legs toward each other.

Upon release of the spring thereoi= will spring outwardly to firmly bind the rod 13 in place.

clip 20, the legs-- It will be seen that the longitudinal adjustment of the rod is may be infinitely varied, since the rod mounting means l9a avoids the use of any notches, holes, or other fixed abutments used in the prior art, which provide only a step-by-step adjustment of the signal rod. It will be also understood that the signal rod l8 may be adposition that the sliding weight 39 will be only slightly overbalanced bythe weight of the flag I? and the portion of the rod 18 to the left of the mounting means 19a, so that even a slight impulse upon the fishing line 23 will pull the hook l8b downwardly to cause the fiag H to rise with the signal rod 18 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

This movement will, of course, cause the sliding weight l9 to move outwardly into abutment with the hook I81), and the rod l8 will thereby be held in the erect dotted line position until the fish is removed and the tip-up is reset by the fisherman.

One advantage of the invention is that when the fiag H is tripped, the momentum of the weight i9 will cause it to swing past the dotted line position in Fig. 1 and strike the beam 10 with a sharp impact. This impact will cause the beam and bottom offset line clip 15 to vibrate thereby causing a sound which can be heard for some distance in the event that the the moment.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is of illustration only, and the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosures but may be modified and emfisherman is not close at beam, said mounting means bodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a tip-up, a beam adapted to be mounted in an inclined position, a signal rod having means to support a fish line at one end thereof, and means for pivotally mounting said rod upon said including a clamp for gripping the center portion of said rod at any desired point, wherein said clamp includes a disk eccentrically pivoted on said beam, said disk having a bore shaped to receive said rod, and a U-shaped leaf spring embracing said disk and having apertures also shaped to receive said rod.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein the legs of the U-shaped spring are normally non-parallel and are urged to a position so that the apertures of the U-shaped spring are out of alignment with the bore of the disk, and wherein the signal rod disposed in said bore will normally frictionally engage the edges of the apertures of said spring and when said spring is flexed the rod will be freely movable therein.

JOHN WM. GROHS.

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